{
  "id": 16765634,
  "title": "Hawks officer says uThukela manager offered police R600,000 to avoid arrest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/hawks-officer-says-uthukela-manager-offered-police-r600-000-to-avoid",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T15:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/mercury/news/2026-10-27-hawks-officer-says-uthukela-manager-offered-police-r600000-to-avoid-arrest/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Hawks investigating officer has told the Durban Regional Court that uThukela municipal manager Langelihle Jili allegedly offered police R600,000 and asked them not to reveal his identity after his arrest.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}